2. Read the text again and while reading take notes summarizing the main points.
3. A friend of yours hasn’t read the article, give him the basic information in a one-minute speech. Use your notes if necessary.
SPEAKING
Discuss the following:
What do people mean saying “American Dream”? Who is the author of the phrase?
Would you like to emigrate to the USA? Why? Why not?
State in one sentence what a green card is.
Make an internet research and make an oral presentation on one of the topics:
3.1. How to get us citizenship (procedure, costs of applying).
3.2. Green Card Lottery (procedure, costs of applying).
Analyse the information about immigration to America.
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PRE - 1790 |
1790-1820 |
1820-1880 | ||||
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African |
300,000 |
African |
85,000 |
German Empire |
3,000,000 | |
|
English |
300,000 |
Scotch-Irish |
50,000 |
Ireland |
2,800,000 | |
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Scotch-Irish |
100,000 |
English |
45,000 |
Britain |
2,000,000 | |
|
German |
100,000 |
French |
40,000 |
China |
230,000 | |
|
Scottish |
75,000 |
German |
25,000 |
African |
50,000 | |
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1880-1930 |
1930-1965 |
1965-2000 | ||||
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Italy |
4,600,000 |
Germany |
940,000 |
Mexico |
4,300,000 | |
|
Austro-Hungarian Empire |
4,000,000 |
Canada |
900,000 |
The Philippines |
1,400,000 | |
|
Russian Empire |
3,300,000 |
Mexico |
610,000 |
Korea |
760,000 | |
|
German Empire |
2,800,000 |
Britain |
480,000 |
Dominican Republic |
750,000 | |
|
Britain |
2,300,000 |
Italy |
390,000 |
India |
740,000 | |
|
Canada |
2,300,000 |
|
Cuba |
720,000 | ||
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Vietnam |
700,000 | ||||
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Canada |
650,000 | |||||
Data: The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
Mention the source of the numbers and the topic.
Explain the formal components of the presentation (table): e.g. periods of time, columns, quantities, etc.
Describe the contents in details: e.g. changes over the time, peak and low points, relationships and connections.
Draw a conclusion from the numbers. Put your conclusion into a wider context.
Use the material provided in the table to draw a timeline. Mark the peak periods. These are some key-words that might help you. Do the internet or library research to mark the other periods.
World War I Gold Rush Central Pacific Railroad German Revolution
slavery Vietnam War Irish Potato Famine World War II ……
N
umber
of immigrants
Pre-1720
Make a speech about the reasons for immigration to the USA. Use the information of the table and the timeline to give examples.
Study the table and speak about the latest tendencies of immigration to the USA.
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Country
#/year
2000
2004
2010
2010, %
Canada
24,200
678,000
774,800
920,000
2.3%
China
50,900
1,391,000
1,594,600
1,900,000
4.7%
Cuba
14,800
952,000
1,011,200
1,100,000
2.7%
Dominican Republic
24,900
692,000
791,600
941,000
2.3%
El Salvador
33,500
765,000
899,000
1,100,000
2.7%
India
59,300
1,007,000
1,244,200
1,610,000
4.0%
Korea
17,900
701,000
772,600
880,000
2.2%
Mexico
175,900
7,841,000
8,544,600
9,600,000
23.7%
Philippines
47,800
1,222,000
1,413,200
1,700,000
4.2%
Vietnam
33,700
863,000
997,800
1,200,000
3.0%
Total Pop. Top 10
498,900
16,112,000
18,747,600
21,741,000
53.7%
Total Foreign Born
940,000
31,100,000
34,860,000
40,500,000
100%
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Historical Data from 2000 U.S. Census and 2004 Yearbook of Immigrant Statistics |
Make a report about an immigrant who became a self-made person.
READING 2